Religious “Nones”

Twenty percent of Nebraskans are religious “nones” according to the Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study.

Here’s how the numbers broke down for the 312 Nebraskans surveyed:

• Evangelical Protestant 25%
• Mainline Protestant 24%
• Historically Black Protestant 2%
• Catholic 23%
• Other Christian < 1%
• Orthodox Christian < 1%
• Mormon 1%
• Jehovah’s Witness < 1%
• Jewish < 1%
• Muslim < 1%
• Buddhist 1%
• Hindu 1%
• Other World Religions < 1%
• Other Faiths 1%
• Atheist 1%
• Agnostic 4%
• Nothing in particular 15%
• Don’t know 1%

The “Nothing in particular” group was further broken down into two additional groups:

• Nothing in particular (religion not important) 8%
• Nothing in particular (religion important) 7%

Some metro areas were highlighted in the study results, but unfortunately, no information specific to Lincoln or Omaha is given. I would love to see what these numbers—the religious “nones” in particular—would look like in Lincoln. I assume they would rise, but by how much?